Dear John,

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• FRBlog: What is at Stake in This Election?
• LAT $: L.A. teachers oppose in-person class for special-needs kids
• AP: California wildfire traps campers in national forest
• FresBee: UPDATE: Victims rescued from Mammoth Pool Reservoir, but many injured in Creek Fire
• LAT $: Massive Sierra fire traps people at Mammoth Pool; 10 injured, rescue operation underway
• SJMN: 'There is no Labor Day': Lake Berryessa community struggles after Hennessey Fire ravages popular Bay Area destination
• PE: Firefighters battling 2,159-acre brush fire in Yucaipa; evacuations ordered
• SDUT: More than 1,500 acres charred in fast-moving brush fire
• SFC: Tenderloin tents are now rare. Open-air drug dealing is still all too common
• SacBee: Could Trump cut funding to California cities for 'defunding' police?
• CalM: Undocumented immigrants could qualify for $600 if Newsom signs pandemic assistance bill
• AP: Crowds pack beaches as California bakes in weekend heat wave
• LADN: Residents flock to LA County beaches, parks to stay cool - with worried officials on watch
• CG: Fake News: 'Poll' Claims 80% of Californians Support Stricter Rules to Allow Businesses to Re-open Sooner
• SFC: Lyft says it could leave California if drivers become employees
• CalM: As California enters a brave new energy world, can it keep the lights on?
• SJMN: Rotating blackouts could be imminent due to extreme weather, high winds
• PE: Record heat across Southern California brings with it brush fires, power outages
• SacBee: In leaked email, California Assembly Speaker's top aide blasts critics, defends boss
• SBSun: Long Beach police rescue 3 teenage girls, arrest man and woman on suspicion of human trafficking
• CG: Bill To Create A State Suicide Prevention Office Passes Senate, Assembly
• SFC: How California's most pressing problems fell victim to Legislature's infighting
• SacBee: Gavin Newsom signs bill allowing labor law exemptions for musicians, coaches and more
• CG: Foster Dependent Housing Expansion Passes Unanimously In Assembly
• SFC: Moving out of California, even temporarily? Here's what you need to know about taxes
• SFC: Federal judge orders Census Bureau to keep surveys going
• VOC: Anaheim Announces Bid to Sell Angel Stadium & Land for $150 Million, Taxpayers Subsidize Housing and Park
• SBSun: Deputies fatally shoot armed man at Lucerne Valley mobile home park
• SFC: Here's how many COVID cases have been linked with child care centers
• AP: Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test
• NR: It's a Straight Line from Biden to BLM
• NR: Reality Bites
• CalM: Capitol's dominant Democrats still bickering
• OCReg: The importance of school choice is clearer than ever
• OCReg: Hasse: Assembly Bill 323 a respite for local news, but more work remains to be done
• SacBee: Sacramento City Unified locks in distance learning plan. Union says teachers won't follow it
• SacBee: Sacramento County moving troubled foster care unit from Children's Receiving Home campus
• SFC: Exclusive: Under pressure from relatives, SF allows outdoor nursing home visits
• FresBee: Gunman called police on himself. Fresno officers shot him in the face
• Update: Here's where Stanislaus school districts stand on waivers. 3 sent to state
• LAT $: 3.8 earthquake shakes the Santa Barbara area
• CalCoast: SLO County resident in their 50 dies of coronavirus
• CalCoast: Tianna Arata supporters batter reporter in SLO
• LAT $: COVID-19 deaths reach 6,000 in L.A. County
• LADN: LASD fires flash-bang grenades, chemical irritants to end protest of fatal shooting by deputies of man near South LA
• LAT $: L.A. firefighter who struck handcuffed patient accepts suspension as video is released
• LADN: Long Beach's $1.46 billion bridge appears headed for an early October opening
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reports 251 new cases and 9 new deaths as of Sept. 5
• SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 21 coronavirus deaths Saturday, warns of data fluctuations
• KPBS: San Diego Activist Still In Jail, Under $750,000 Bail, A Week After Protest
• SDUT: SDSU confines students to dorms as universities scramble to get kids to fight COVID
• VOSD: Politics Report: Alleged Footnote 15

Sincerely,